Au petit bonheur la chance translates to something along the lines of the best of luck or the randomness of luck, and that suits this store pretty well. It's lucky to find it open, and even if you do it's lucky to find a shop attendant. It's lucky to find it empty, or empty enough for you to pick your way through the boxes of luggage tags, old street maps, vintage school supplies and sugar jars. It's lucky not to break anything as you move around the tiny confines of the shop with purchases in hand. It's pure, sheer luck (which is kind of what 'au petit bonheur la chance' means, too) that you find beautiful picture postcards from the 1970s in bundles in an old suitcase, or reams of ribbon in happy jewel tones, or the prettiest cafe au lait bowls that you have to take home, even if you know they'll break, even if they haven't got a chance in hell. This is one of those quirky, happy stores that you could lose a day in, but as luck would have it, you don't. Chance finds often turn out to be the best.
Au Petit Bonheur La Chance, 13 Rue Saint Paul, 4eme Paris
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